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At the end of each Major League Baseball season, the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced. Leading either the American League or the National League in a particular category is referred to as a title.
Contents
- Batting titles
- On base percentage
- Slugging percentage
- On base plus slugging
- At bats
- Plate appearances
- Runs titles
- Hits titles
- Total bases titles
- Doubles
- Triples
- Home run titles
- RBI titles
- Base on Balls
- Strikeouts
- Stolen base titles
- Sacrifice bunts
- ERA titles
- Wins titles
- WHIP
- Games pitched
- Saves titles
- Innings pitched titles
- Strikeout titles pitchers
- Games started titles
- Complete games
- Shutouts
- Losses
- Wild pitches
- Hit batsmen
- References
The following lists describe which players hold the most titles in a career for a particular category. Listed are players with four or more titles in a category. Active players are highlighted.
Batting titles
12 Ty Cobb (1907–1915, 1917–1919)* 8 Honus Wagner (1900, 1903–1904, 1906–1909, 1911) 8 Tony Gwynn (1984, 1987–1989, 1994–1997) 7 Rogers Hornsby (1920–1925, 1928) 7 Stan Musial (1943, 1946, 1948, 1950–1952, 1957) 7 Rod Carew (1969, 1972–1975, 1977–1978) 6 Ted Williams (1941–1942, 1947–1948, 1957–1958) 5 Dan Brouthers (1882–1883, 1889, 1891–1892) 5 Wade Boggs (1983, 1985–1988) 4 Nap Lajoie (1901, 1903–1904, 1910)* 4 Harry Heilmann (1921, 1923, 1925, 1927) 4 Roberto Clemente (1961, 1964–1965, 1967) 4 Bill Madlock (1975–1976, 1981, 1983)* The 1910 American League batting title is disputed, with different sources giving the title to Ty Cobb or to Nap Lajoie or to both. See 1910 Chalmers Award.
On-base percentage
12 Ted Williams (1940–1942, 1946–1949, 1951, 1954, 1956–1958) 10 Babe Ruth (1919–1921, 1923–1924, 1926–1927, 1930–1932) 10 Barry Bonds (1991–1993, 1995, 2001–2004, 2006–2007) 9 Rogers Hornsby (1920–1925, 1927–1928, 1931) 7 Ty Cobb (1909–1910, 1913–1915, 1917–1918) 6 Stan Musial (1943–1944, 1948–1949, 1953, 1957) 6 Wade Boggs (1983, 1985–1989) 5 Dan Brouthers (1882–1883, 1887, 1890–1891) 5 Billy Hamilton (1891, 1893–1894, 1896, 1898) 5 Lou Gehrig (1928, 1934–1937) 5 Carl Yastrzemski (1963, 1965, 1967–1968, 1970) 4 Honus Wagner (1904, 1907–1909) 4 Richie Ashburn (1954–1955, 1958, 1960) 4 Joe Morgan (1972, 1974–1976) 4 Rod Carew (1974–1975, 1977–1978) 4 Frank Thomas (1991–1992, 1994, 1997)Slugging percentage
13 Babe Ruth (1919–1924, 1926–1932) 9 Rogers Hornsby (1917, 1920–1925, 1928–1929) 8 Ty Cobb (1907–1912, 1914, 1917) 7 Dan Brouthers (1881–1886, 1891) 7 Barry Bonds (1990, 1992–1993, 2001–2004) 6 Honus Wagner (1900, 1902, 1904, 1907–1909) 6 Stan Musial (1943–1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952) 5 Ed Delahanty (1892–1893, 1896, 1899, 1902) 5 Jimmie Foxx (1932–1933, 1935, 1938–1939) 5 Willie Mays (1954, 1955, 1957, 1964, 1965) 5 Mike Schmidt (1974, 1980–1982, 1986) 4 Nap Lajoie (1897, 1901, 1903–1904) 4 Johnny Mize (1938–1940, 1942) 4 Mickey Mantle (1955–1956, 1961–1962) 4 Hank Aaron (1959, 1963, 1967, 1971) 4 Frank Robinson (1960–1962, 1966) 4 Alex Rodriguez (2003, 2005, 2007–2008)On-base plus slugging
13 Babe Ruth (1918–1924, 1926–1931) 11 Rogers Hornsby (1917, 1920–1925, 1927–1929, 1931) 10 Ted Williams (1941–1942, 1946–1949, 1951, 1954, 1957–1958) 9 Ty Cobb (1907–1912, 1914–1915, 1917) 9 Barry Bonds (1990–1993, 1995, 2001–2004) 8 Dan Brouthers (1882–1887, 1891, 1892) 7 Honus Wagner (1902, 1904, 1906–1909, 1911) 7 Stan Musial (1943–1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1957) 5 Ed Delahanty (1895–1896, 1899, 1901–1902) 5 Jimmie Foxx (1932–1933, 1935, 1938–1939) 5 Willie Mays (1954–1955, 1958, 1964–1965) 5 Mickey Mantle (1955–1956, 1960, 1962, 1964) 5 Mike Schmidt (1980–1982, 1984, 1986) 4 Frank Robinson (1960–1962, 1966) 4 Carl Yastrzemski (1965, 1967–1968, 1970) 4 Frank Thomas (1991–1992, 1994, 1997)At bats
8 Ichiro Suzuki (2001, 2004–2008, 2010–2011) 7 Doc Cramer (1933–1935, 1938, 1940–1942) 5 Nellie Fox (1952, 1955–1956, 1959–1960) 4 Abner Dalrymple (1880, 1882, 1884–1885) 4 Eddie Foster (1912, 1914–1915, 1918) 4 Pete Rose (1965, 1972–1973, 1977) 4 Jimmy Rollins, (2001–2002, 2007, 2009)Plate appearances
7 Pete Rose (1965, 1972–1974, 1976–1978) 5 Donie Bush (1909, 1913–1915, 1918) 5 Nellie Fox (1956–1960) 5 Craig Biggio (1992, 1995, 1997–1999) 4 George Burns (1915–1916, 1920, 1923) 4 Richie Ashburn (1952, 1956–1958) 4 Ichiro Suzuki (2001, 2004, 2006, 2008) 4 Derek Jeter (1997, 1999, 2005, 2010)Runs titles
8 Babe Ruth (1919–1921, 1923–1924, 1926–1928) 6 Ted Williams (1940–1942, 1946–1947, 1949) 6 Mickey Mantle (1954, 1956–1958, 1960–1961) 5 George J. Burns (1914, 1916–1917, 1919–1920) 5 Ty Cobb (1909–1911, 1915–1916) 5 Rickey Henderson (1981, 1985–1986, 1989–1990) 5 Rogers Hornsby (1921–1922, 1924, 1927, 1929) 5 Stan Musial (1946, 1948, 1951–1952, 1954) 5 Alex Rodriguez (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007) 5 Albert Pujols (2003–2005, 2009–2010) 4 Billy Hamilton (1891, 1894–1895, 1897) 4 Lou Gehrig (1931, 1933, 1935–1936) 4 Pete Rose (1969, 1974–1976)Hits titles
7 Tony Gwynn (1984, 1986–1987, 1989, 1994–1995, 1997) 7 Pete Rose (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972–1973, 1976, 1981) 7 Ichiro Suzuki (2001, 2004, 2006–2010) 6 Stan Musial (1943–1944, 1946, 1948–1949, 1952) 5 Tony Oliva (1964–1966, 1969–1970) 4 Ginger Beaumont (1902–1904, 1906) 4 Nap Lajoie (1901, 1904, 1906, 1910) 4 Rogers Hornsby (1920–1922, 1924) 4 Nellie Fox (1952, 1954, 1957–1958) 4 Harvey Kuenn (1953–1954, 1956, 1959) 4 Kirby Puckett (1987–1989, 1992)Total bases titles
8 Hank Aaron (1956–1957, 1959–1961, 1963, 1967, 1969) 7 Rogers Hornsby (1917, 1920–1922, 1924–1925, 1929) 6 Honus Wagner (1900, 1904, 1906–1909) 6 Ty Cobb (1907–1909, 1911, 1915, 1917) 6 Babe Ruth (1919, 1921, 1923–1924, 1926, 1928) 6 Ted Williams (1939, 1942, 1946–1947, 1949, 1951) 6 Stan Musial (1943, 1946, 1948–1949, 1951–1952) 4 Dan Brouthers (1882–1883, 1886, 1892) 4 Nap Lajoie (1897, 1901, 1904, 1910) 4 Chuck Klein (1930–1933) 4 Lou Gehrig (1927, 1930–1931, 1934) 4 Jim Rice (1977–1979, 1983) 4 Alex Rodriguez (1996, 2001–2002, 2007) 4 Albert Pujols, (2003–2004, 2008–2009)Doubles
8 Tris Speaker (1912, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920–1923) 8 Stan Musial (1943–1944, 1946, 1948–1949, 1952–1954) 7 Honus Wagner (1900, 1902, 1904, 1906–1909) 5 Ed Delahanty (1895–1896, 1899, 1901–1902) 5 Nap Lajoie (1898, 1901, 1904, 1906, 1910) 5 Pete Rose (1974–1976, 1978, 1980) 4 Rogers Hornsby (1920–1922, 1924) 4 Hank Aaron (1955–1956, 1961, 1965) 4 Tony Oliva (1964, 1967, 1969–1970)Triples
5 Stan Musial (1943, 1946, 1948–1949, 1951) 5 Lance Johnson (1991–1994, 1996) 5 Willie Wilson (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987–1988) 4 Ty Cobb (1908, 1911, 1917–1918) 4 Brett Butler (1983, 1986, 1994–1995) 4 Jimmy Rollins (2001–2002, 2004, 2007) 4 Carl Crawford (2004–2006, 2010) 4 José Reyes (2005–2006, 2008, 2011)Home run titles
12 Babe Ruth (1918–1921, 1923–1924, 1926–1931) 8 Mike Schmidt (1974–1976, 1980–1981, 1983–1984, 1986) 7 Ralph Kiner (1946–1952) 6 Gavvy Cravath (1913–1915, 1917–1919) 6 Mel Ott (1932, 1934, 1936–1938, 1942) 6 Harmon Killebrew (1959, 1962–1964, 1967, 1969) 4 Harry Davis (1904–1907) 4 Frank Baker (1911–1914) 4 Cy Williams (1916, 1920, 1923, 1927) 4 Hack Wilson (1926–1928, 1930) 4 Chuck Klein (1929, 1931–1933) 4 Jimmie Foxx (1932–1933, 1935, 1939) 4 Hank Greenberg (1935, 1938, 1940, 1946) 4 Johnny Mize (1939–1940, 1947–1948) 4 Ted Williams (1941–1942, 1947, 1949) 4 Mickey Mantle (1955–1956, 1958, 1960) 4 Willie Mays (1955, 1962, 1964–1965) 4 Hank Aaron (1957, 1963, 1966–1967) 4 Ken Griffey, Jr. (1994,1997–1999) 4 Reggie Jackson (1973, 1975, 1980, 1982) 4 Mark McGwire (1987, 1990, 1992, 1996)§§ In 1997, because of a mid-season trade, Mark McGwire led Major League Baseball in home runs, but neither the AL nor the NL.
RBI titles
6 Babe Ruth (1919–1921, 1923, 1926, 1928) 5 Honus Wagner (1901–1902, 1908–1909, 1912) 5 Lou Gehrig (1927–1928, 1930–1931, 1934) 4 Ty Cobb (1907–1909, 1911) 4 Sherry Magee (1907, 1910, 1914, 1918) 4 Rogers Hornsby (1920–1922, 1925) 4 Hank Greenberg (1935, 1937, 1940, 1946) 4 Ted Williams (1939, 1942, 1947, 1949) 4 Hank Aaron (1957, 1960, 1963, 1966) 4 Mike Schmidt (1980–1981, 1984, 1986)Base on Balls
12 Barry Bonds (1992, 1994–1997, 2000–2004, 2006–2007) 11 Babe Ruth (1920–1921, 1923–1924, 1926–1928, 1930–1933) 8 Ted Williams (1941–1942, 1946–1949, 1951, 1954) 7 Roy Thomas (1900–1904, 1906–1907) 6 Mel Ott (1929, 1931–1933, 1937, 1942) 6 Eddie Yost (1950, 1952–1953, 1956, 1959–1960) 5 Billy Hamilton (1891, 1894–1897) 5 Topsy Hartsel (1902, 1905–1908) 5 Donie Bush (1909–1912, 1914) 5 George Burns (1917, 1919–1921, 1923) 5 Mickey Mantle (1955, 1957–1958, 1961–1962) 4 Miller Huggins (1905, 1907, 1910, 1914) 4 Eddie Mathews (1955, 1961–1963) 4 Ron Santo (1964, 1966–1968) 4 Harmon Killebrew (1966–1967, 1969, 1971) 4 Mike Schmidt (1979, 1981–1983) 4 Rickey Henderson (1982–1983, 1989, 1998) 4 Frank Thomas (1991–1992, 1994–1995)Strikeouts
7 Jimmie Foxx (1929–1931, 1933, 1935–1936, 1941) 6 Vince DiMaggio (1937–1938, 1942–1945) 5 Babe Ruth (1918, 1923–1924, 1927–1928) 5 Hack Wilson (1927–1930, 1932) 5 Mickey Mantle (1952, 1954, 1958–1960) 5 Reggie Jackson (1968–1971, 1982) 4 Pud Galvin (1879–1881, 1883) 4 Tom Brown (1891–1892, 1894–1895) 4 Dolph Camilli (1934–1935, 1939, 1941) 4 Pat Seerey (1944–1946, 1948) 4 Mike Schmidt (1974–1976, 1983) 4 Rob Deer (1987–1988, 1991, 1993) 4 Juan Samuel (1984–1987) 4 Andrés Galarraga (1988–1990, 1995) 4 Mark Reynolds (2008–2011)Stolen base titles
12 Dickey Henderson (1980–1986, 1988–1991, 1998) 10 Max Carey (1913, 1915–1918, 1920, 1922–1925) 9 Luis Aparicio (1956–1964) 8 Lou Brock (1966–1969, 1971–1974) 6 Ty Cobb (1907, 1909, 1911, 1915–1917) 6 George Case (1939–1943, 1946) 6 Bert Campaneris (1965–1968, 1970, 1972) 6 Maury Wills (1960–1965) 6 Vince Coleman (1985–1990) 5 Honus Wagner (1901–1902, 1904, 1907–1908) 5 Kenny Lofton (1992–1996) 4 Billy Hamilton (1890–1891, 1894–1895) 4 Bob Bescher (1909–1912) 4 Eddie Collins (1910, 1919, 1923–1924) 4 George Sisler (1918, 1921–1922, 1927) 4 Kiki Cuyler (1926, 1928–1930) 4 Ben Chapman (1931–1933, 1937) 4 Willie Mays (1956–1959) 4 Tim Raines (1981–1984) 4 Carl Crawford (2003–2004, 2006–2007)Sacrifice bunts
5 Mule Haas (1930–1934) 4 Otto Knabe (1907–1908, 1910, 1913) 4 Phil Rizzuto (1949–1952)ERA titles
9 Lefty Grove (1926, 1929–1932, 1935–1936, 1938–1939) 7 Roger Clemens (1986, 1990–1992, 1997–1998, 2005) 5 Christy Mathewson (1905, 1908–1909, 1911, 1913) 5 Grover Cleveland Alexander (1915–1917, 1919–1920) 5 Walter Johnson (1912–1913, 1918–1919, 1924) 5 Sandy Koufax (1962–1966) 5 Pedro Martínez (1997, 1999–2000, 2002–2003) 4 Clayton Kershaw (2011–2014) 4 Greg Maddux (1993–1995, 1998) 4 Randy Johnson (1995, 1999, 2001–2002)Wins titles
6 Grover Cleveland Alexander (1911, 1914–1917, 1920) 6 Walter Johnson (1913–1916, 1918, 1924) 6 Bob Feller (1939–1941, 1946–1947, 1951) 5 Cy Young (1892, 1895, 1901–1903) 5 Joe McGinnity (1899–1900, 1903–1904, 1906) 5 Tom Glavine (1991–1993, 1998, 2000) 4 Christy Mathewson (1905, 1907–1908, 1910) 4 Lefty Grove (1928, 1930–1931, 1933) 4 Hal Newhouser (1944–1946, 1948) 4 Robin Roberts (1952–1955) 4 Steve Carlton (1972, 1977, 1980, 1982) 4 Roger Clemens (1986–1987, 1997–1998)WHIP
7 Cy Young (1892, 1895, 1899, 1901, 1904–1905, 1907) 6 Walter Johnson (1912–1913, 1915, 1918–1919, 1924) 6 Carl Hubbell (1931–1934, 1936, 1938) 6 Pedro Martínez (1997, 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2005) 5 Babe Adams (1911, 1914, 1919–1921) 5 Pete Alexander (1915–1916, 1923, 1926–1927) 5 Lefty Grove (1930–1932, 1935–1936) 4 Christy Mathewson (1905, 1908–1909, 1913) 4 Warren Spahn (1947, 1953, 1958, 1961) 4 Sandy Koufax (1962–1965) 4 Don Sutton (1972, 1975, 1980–1981) 4 Greg Maddux (1993–1995, 1998) 4 Johan Santana (2004–2007)Games pitched
6 Firpo Marberry (1924–1926, 1928–1929, 1932) 6 Joe McGinnity (1901, 1903–1907) 5 Ed Walsh (1907–1908, 1910–1912) 4 Mike Marshall (1972–1974, 1979) 4 Kent Tekulve (1978–1979, 1982, 1987) 4 Paul Quantrill (2001–2004)Saves titles
5 Firpo Marberry (1924–1926, 1929, 1932) 5 Dan Quisenberry (1980, 1982–1985) 5 Bruce Sutter (1979–1982, 1984) 4 Kid Nichols (1891, 1895, 1897–1898) 4 Mordecai Brown (1908–1911) 4 Johnny Murphy (1938–1939, 1941–1942) 4 Lee Smith (1983, 1991–1992, 1994)Innings pitched titles
7 Grover Cleveland Alexander (1911–1912, 1914–1917, 1920) 5 Walter Johnson (1910, 1913–1916) 5 Bob Feller (1939–1941, 1946–1947) 5 Robin Roberts (1951–1955) 5 Steve Carlton (1972–1973, 1980, 1982–1983) 5 Greg Maddux (1991–1995) 4 John Clarkson (1885, 1887–1889) 4 Joe McGinnity (1900–1901, 1903–1904) 4 Bob Lemon (1948, 1950, 1952–1953) 4 Warren Spahn (1947, 1949, 1958–1959) 4 Wilbur Wood (1972–1975) 4 Jim Palmer (1970, 1976–1978) 4 Phil Niekro (1974, 1977–1979)Strikeout titles (pitchers)
12 Walter Johnson (1910, 1912–1919, 1921, 1923–1924) 11 Nolan Ryan (1972–1974, 1976–1979, 1987–1990) 9 Randy Johnson (1992–1995, 1999–2002, 2004)§ 7 Dazzy Vance (1922–1928) 7 Lefty Grove (1925–1931) 7 Bob Feller (1938–1941, 1946–1948) 6 Rube Waddell (1902–1907) 6 Grover Cleveland Alexander (1912, 1914–1917, 1920) 5 Amos Rusie (1890–1891, 1893–1895) 5 Christy Mathewson (1903–1905, 1907–1908) 5 Sam McDowell (1965–1966, 1968–1970) 5 Tom Seaver (1970–1971, 1973, 1975–1976) 5 Steve Carlton (1972, 1974, 1980, 1982–1983) 5 Roger Clemens (1988, 1991, 1996–1998) 4 Dizzy Dean (1932–1935) 4 Warren Spahn (1949–1952) 4 Sandy Koufax (1961, 1963, 1965–1966)§ In 1998, because of a mid-season trade, Randy Johnson led Major League Baseball in strikeouts, but neither the AL nor the NL.